" The Senate vote laws on national education and the environment," informs Potentiel . As regards the environment , the daily reports that conservation is currently governed by the Ordinance of 22 August 1969 whose implementation has been difficult not having planned measures execution. But the text adopted by the Senate introduced some major innovations including the definition of general measures for conservation of biological diversity and the use of its components , and the obligation on public authorities to define the mechanisms of awareness, information and public participation in the process of developing and implementing the national policy on conservation of biological diversity , etc. .
Measuring provisional prohibition of fishing on the rivers of the province of Katanga is not respected by Bukama fishermen , according to the department responsible for monitoring fishing in this part of the country . These fishermen often use prohibited nets also catch fry , says Radio Okapi.
The company Regal Resources Ltd announced on January 30 ready to start in the first week of February the drilling program Kalongwe project on high-grade copper and cobalt on the Copperbelt world class the Central Africa, reports Agence Ecofin . This is the first phase of this program with 11 diamond drill holes over a length of 1.8 km, which would be completed within eight weeks. The program aims to test the extension of the mineralization of copper and cobalt as well as the continuity of the mineralization in large spaces between two consecutive holes . It also aims to confirm a previous report of drilling on a 450m long and deep mineralization approximately 250m , which revealed levels of which 90.23 m @ 3.38% Cu with 0.93% Co, 77.60 m @ 4 14 % Cu with 0.57% Co and 70.00 m @ 2.22% Cu with 0.84% Co. the samples will be sent to ALS Laboratories in Johannesburg which will make the results within four weeks after the end of the drilling program.
The Congolese News Agency (ACP ) reports that the government has recently signed a concession contract with the American company "Global" for the development of the Steel Maluku , said Thursday in Kinshasa , the Minister of Industry small and medium enterprises, Remy Musungayi , on the occasion of the double installation ceremony Stewards administration and exchange wishes for the year 2014. The Minister has not given any details of the contract , however, he suggested that fresh capital will be made for the recovery of activities of this plant. He reassured the steel workers that this contract is a buoy oxygen for survival and restarting activities . Musungayi Minister took the opportunity to take stock of the activities of the sector , before calling the task assigned to his department , to ensure that the promotion of agro- industry.
Tenke Fungurume Mining ( TFM) claims to have developed and implemented an action plan for the rehabilitation of evicted from their village in 2006 where he operates Fungurume minerals families , says Radio Okapi. The mining giant says you apply this plan 2007-2009 . The company is responding to the complaint of 113 families who call her housing allowances . They addressed their complaint on January 18 civil society Fungurume . As part of this relocation project , 270 households in the village were relocated Mulumbu supports TFM . The families and their committee representatives are directly involved in the development of the action plan reintegration , added the company. Tenke Fungurume Mining states that 45 other households were relocated to another village without saying which one. The company added that it continues to engage regularly with households through advisory committees established for each community affected by the relocation. And stressed that the meetings with these committees are held throughout the relocation process.
vendredi 31 janvier 2014
jeudi 30 janvier 2014
DRC natural resources of press review of Thursday, January 30, 2014
The land law will soon translated into four national languages of the Democratic Republic of Congo , in order to facilitate understanding among the people , to avoid uncontrolled developments and preserve the cities slums, said Monday , Robert Mbuinga Minister land Affairs , who was speaking in a television program on land policy in the DRC, informs the Congolese news Agency (ACP). He , on this occasion, advocated the creation of viable land reserves in all provinces before considering any subdivision that must imperatively meet government guidelines on the matter. The development of these land reserves by property developers through their own means or bank lending , provide for the construction of houses on each site according to the model provided by the government.
Agents committed to tollgate erected on the road to Kolwezi , Likasi height Lualaba bridge Tuesday seized a truckload of whose weight is estimated at 22 tonnes mining, reports the Congolese News Agency (ACP). Mr. Eddy Kapend , agent service , this truck came from the career Kisanfu and all the seized goods were returned to the city of Kolwezi pending instructions from the hierarchy. These raw mining products come from stolen mining Gécamines .
" Hydrocarbons Law : Global Witness welcomes the decision of the DRC to suspend its adoption " , announces the publication of Kinshasa of Dépêches de Brazzaville. In a statement, the newspaper reported , the NGO believes that a new hydrocarbons law could help restore order in the area including measures energetic transparency.
The Agency Ecofin reports that the Katende hydroelectric power plant with a capacity of 60 MW , in Kasai Occidental , is a level of achievement of 24% , after the revival of work in October 2013. The book of $ 280 million , expected to face growing demand for electricity in Kasai Occidental , has a mixed funding of $ 168 million from the Indian government and approximately $ 112 million DR Congo . The development work was slowed by heavy rains in the region and a delivery of heavy equipment to the site late.
Agents committed to tollgate erected on the road to Kolwezi , Likasi height Lualaba bridge Tuesday seized a truckload of whose weight is estimated at 22 tonnes mining, reports the Congolese News Agency (ACP). Mr. Eddy Kapend , agent service , this truck came from the career Kisanfu and all the seized goods were returned to the city of Kolwezi pending instructions from the hierarchy. These raw mining products come from stolen mining Gécamines .
" Hydrocarbons Law : Global Witness welcomes the decision of the DRC to suspend its adoption " , announces the publication of Kinshasa of Dépêches de Brazzaville. In a statement, the newspaper reported , the NGO believes that a new hydrocarbons law could help restore order in the area including measures energetic transparency.
The Agency Ecofin reports that the Katende hydroelectric power plant with a capacity of 60 MW , in Kasai Occidental , is a level of achievement of 24% , after the revival of work in October 2013. The book of $ 280 million , expected to face growing demand for electricity in Kasai Occidental , has a mixed funding of $ 168 million from the Indian government and approximately $ 112 million DR Congo . The development work was slowed by heavy rains in the region and a delivery of heavy equipment to the site late.
mercredi 29 janvier 2014
DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, January 29, 2014
The high concentration of natural gas in Lake Kivu raises many questions about the environmental risks that could cause this concentration already concerned local residents. The Minister of the Environment, Bavo N'sa Mputu Elima and the Water Resources responded to a topical issue put to them by Senator Hamouli Kitsa . The press reported this session .
The Minister of the Environment informed the members of the Upper House of Parliament on this issue , saying that the government is hard at work to find appropriate solutions that clean and take this reality, announces Potentiel .
For Prosperité , the Minister Nsa Mputu specified aspects of environmental issues posed by the concentration of gases and their use for the production of utility power. The latter is in the prerogatives of other departments, he informed . But regarding his ministry, he discussed the specific issue on the impact of concentration of natural gas on human health, wildlife and flora.
Forum des As also reports the reaction of the Minister of Water Resources and Electric , Bruno Kapandji . Following the concern consisting ie when Goma , Sake , Minova, Bweremena , etc. . will be powered by current from methane gas from Lake Kivu, minister to justify the lack of electricity in Goma and its hinterland , has questioned the age of the production tool machines at the center of Rusizi I and II in that the power transmission line as in the network and at the receiving station . To circumvent these difficulties, the Government relies on the entry into force of the new law on electricity, a revolutionary law that will boost and energize all projects lying in this sector.
In the hydrocarbon sector , returning to the Global Witness report , the biweekly the Maximum talks on omissions of the international NGO. The newspaper reports : "What Global Witness dare not reveal to treat Nessergy file is also in that Gertler is far from being the only recipient of human rights under the conditions complained of, it is ie, without public bidding . Several other buyers of mineral rights exist, including British Energy and SOCO Gulf , on which Global Witness is more discreet. and that can intrigue rightly . "
Accused of having been reckless in dealing with fraud a transaction between the oil company and the Congolese government Nessergy , Global Witness responds , says his side Radio Okapi, his report is based on facts. " We exchanged a lot with officials Nessergy before publishing ," said Nathaniel Dyer, campaigner in the British NGO . Speaker on the eve radio, spokesman Fleurette group, Nessergy is a subsidiary, had accused the report of being tainted with much lightness.
On another area , Radio Okapi reports that the National Electricity Company ( SNEL ) is nearly 780,000 U.S. dollars to Gold Corporation Kivu and Maniema ( Sakima ) . According to the vice -president of the mining company , this amount is the invoice consumption of electricity produced by hydroelectric Luuzi Lukulu between April 2007 and January 2014. This plant belongs to the Sakima . Snel distributes and markets in the town of Kindu the electric current produced by the Central Sakima . Officials Snel Kindu say that late payment is caused by the insolvency of certain services and public enterprises. The provincial director of Snel Maniema , Georges Muetu , cites the case of the province Governorate , the National Railway Company of Congo, the board of water supply, the RVA and national cable television network via satellite.
The Minister of the Environment informed the members of the Upper House of Parliament on this issue , saying that the government is hard at work to find appropriate solutions that clean and take this reality, announces Potentiel .
For Prosperité , the Minister Nsa Mputu specified aspects of environmental issues posed by the concentration of gases and their use for the production of utility power. The latter is in the prerogatives of other departments, he informed . But regarding his ministry, he discussed the specific issue on the impact of concentration of natural gas on human health, wildlife and flora.
Forum des As also reports the reaction of the Minister of Water Resources and Electric , Bruno Kapandji . Following the concern consisting ie when Goma , Sake , Minova, Bweremena , etc. . will be powered by current from methane gas from Lake Kivu, minister to justify the lack of electricity in Goma and its hinterland , has questioned the age of the production tool machines at the center of Rusizi I and II in that the power transmission line as in the network and at the receiving station . To circumvent these difficulties, the Government relies on the entry into force of the new law on electricity, a revolutionary law that will boost and energize all projects lying in this sector.
In the hydrocarbon sector , returning to the Global Witness report , the biweekly the Maximum talks on omissions of the international NGO. The newspaper reports : "What Global Witness dare not reveal to treat Nessergy file is also in that Gertler is far from being the only recipient of human rights under the conditions complained of, it is ie, without public bidding . Several other buyers of mineral rights exist, including British Energy and SOCO Gulf , on which Global Witness is more discreet. and that can intrigue rightly . "
Accused of having been reckless in dealing with fraud a transaction between the oil company and the Congolese government Nessergy , Global Witness responds , says his side Radio Okapi, his report is based on facts. " We exchanged a lot with officials Nessergy before publishing ," said Nathaniel Dyer, campaigner in the British NGO . Speaker on the eve radio, spokesman Fleurette group, Nessergy is a subsidiary, had accused the report of being tainted with much lightness.
On another area , Radio Okapi reports that the National Electricity Company ( SNEL ) is nearly 780,000 U.S. dollars to Gold Corporation Kivu and Maniema ( Sakima ) . According to the vice -president of the mining company , this amount is the invoice consumption of electricity produced by hydroelectric Luuzi Lukulu between April 2007 and January 2014. This plant belongs to the Sakima . Snel distributes and markets in the town of Kindu the electric current produced by the Central Sakima . Officials Snel Kindu say that late payment is caused by the insolvency of certain services and public enterprises. The provincial director of Snel Maniema , Georges Muetu , cites the case of the province Governorate , the National Railway Company of Congo, the board of water supply, the RVA and national cable television network via satellite.
mardi 28 janvier 2014
DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, January 28, 2014
The report by the NGO Global Witness published January 23, 2014 in connection with the oil industry continues to make waves in the Congolese press . Recall that Global Witness has criticized the fact that the company has sold Nessergy the Congolese government oil block located off the Atlantic coast Congolese to 150 million U.S. dollars in 2012 , while the oil company had bought 500 000 U.S. dollars in 2006. The British NGO speaks of deception that has produced a huge profit.
"Folder Nessergy an unacceptable cabal : the opposition forces with a" foreign NGOs " to destabilize the DRC," fills the Manchette . For everyday , " in a fierce attempt, the opposition wants to destabilize totally DRC enjoys a transaction to prevent the country becoming a major oil producer ."" Dan Gertler denounces, Oil/ Hidden agenda against the DRC " , says Prosperité . " It is the will of Nessergy to release its rights has created this huge potential for DRC, authorizing it to negotiate a contract Production Sharing with Angola. Moreover insists does we , prior to participation in the establishment of the zone of common interest ( Zic ) , the DRC had no lawful maritime law in the Zic , depending on the version of Dan Gertler , " the newspaper said .
For its part, Radio Okapi has been talk François Ndjeka spokesman in Kinshasa Fleurette Group of Israeli businessman Dan Getler , which is a subsidiary Nessergy . The latter accused Global Witness investigation to be tainted with a lot of levity . Without denying the figures given , says François Ndjeka Nessergy has not received special legislation because it belongs to Dan Getler but was subject to the same law as all other investors .Another sector, the Potentiel indicates that the FEC is supported by Katumbi . According to the daily , for a first attempt, the Katanga branch of the Federation of Enterprises of Congo (FEC ) had a master stroke . Its president, Eric Monga Sombe , is lucky to have initiated the first roundtable on mining subcontracting. Now , local entrepreneurs in Katanga in particular, and the DRC in general want their share in the mining boom in the province. In this fight , they can count on the support of the governor of Katanga, Moïse Katumbi who considers himself as a mere "product of outsourcing ."
Radio Okapi confirms this information by stating that the provincial authorities of Katanga call companies located in the province to promote labor Congolese efforts to reduce the unemployment rate . They made the call last Friday, January 24 during a roundtable organized by the Federation of Enterprises of Congo ( FEC) on the organization of subcontracting in this mineral-rich province. Participants in this roundtable include regretted that subcontracting in the mining sector is almost exclusively reserved for foreigners. According to them, yet there is Congolese companies capable of providing the same services requested foreign
In the forestry sector , several environmental advocacy organizations denounce since the beginning of 2014 the illegal timber trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo , says the Observateur announcing that last week again, 15 Greenpeace France siglées in " Checking Brigade du Bois" combinations have the seizure of illegal timber in the port of Caen. A long log of approximately 7.50 m was placed on the back of a truck to be presented to the French authorities as evidence . The convoy was eventually blocked by the police
"Folder Nessergy an unacceptable cabal : the opposition forces with a" foreign NGOs " to destabilize the DRC," fills the Manchette . For everyday , " in a fierce attempt, the opposition wants to destabilize totally DRC enjoys a transaction to prevent the country becoming a major oil producer ."" Dan Gertler denounces, Oil/ Hidden agenda against the DRC " , says Prosperité . " It is the will of Nessergy to release its rights has created this huge potential for DRC, authorizing it to negotiate a contract Production Sharing with Angola. Moreover insists does we , prior to participation in the establishment of the zone of common interest ( Zic ) , the DRC had no lawful maritime law in the Zic , depending on the version of Dan Gertler , " the newspaper said .
For its part, Radio Okapi has been talk François Ndjeka spokesman in Kinshasa Fleurette Group of Israeli businessman Dan Getler , which is a subsidiary Nessergy . The latter accused Global Witness investigation to be tainted with a lot of levity . Without denying the figures given , says François Ndjeka Nessergy has not received special legislation because it belongs to Dan Getler but was subject to the same law as all other investors .Another sector, the Potentiel indicates that the FEC is supported by Katumbi . According to the daily , for a first attempt, the Katanga branch of the Federation of Enterprises of Congo (FEC ) had a master stroke . Its president, Eric Monga Sombe , is lucky to have initiated the first roundtable on mining subcontracting. Now , local entrepreneurs in Katanga in particular, and the DRC in general want their share in the mining boom in the province. In this fight , they can count on the support of the governor of Katanga, Moïse Katumbi who considers himself as a mere "product of outsourcing ."
Radio Okapi confirms this information by stating that the provincial authorities of Katanga call companies located in the province to promote labor Congolese efforts to reduce the unemployment rate . They made the call last Friday, January 24 during a roundtable organized by the Federation of Enterprises of Congo ( FEC) on the organization of subcontracting in this mineral-rich province. Participants in this roundtable include regretted that subcontracting in the mining sector is almost exclusively reserved for foreigners. According to them, yet there is Congolese companies capable of providing the same services requested foreign
In the forestry sector , several environmental advocacy organizations denounce since the beginning of 2014 the illegal timber trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo , says the Observateur announcing that last week again, 15 Greenpeace France siglées in " Checking Brigade du Bois" combinations have the seizure of illegal timber in the port of Caen. A long log of approximately 7.50 m was placed on the back of a truck to be presented to the French authorities as evidence . The convoy was eventually blocked by the police
lundi 27 janvier 2014
DRC natural resources press review of Monday, January 27, 2014
The latest report by the NGO Global Witness published January 24 interested the press today . "According to Global Witness , the DRC refused to publish a deficit oil agreement with an offshore company " writes the Phare. According to the paper , the DRC signed an agreement to buy oil rights to a secret offshore company for an amount that is probably hundreds of times higher than the price paid by the company several years ago . The contract of the last sale was not published , which is contrary to the Congolese laws on transparency.
For Potentiel "Attacks against Nessergy around Cohydro - Sonangol contract : Global Witness is wrong ." According to the daily , the latest report from Global Witness has been used by some opinion to thwart negotiations underway to finalize the signing of new production sharing agreement between Angola and the DRC in the area of mutual interest ( Zic ) . The unfounded attacks and unfounded accusations show that the NGO is wrong and serves as a relay for destabilizing the DRC.
"Oil : Kinshasa runs a big risk ," announces Tempête des tropiques who believes that while the agreement between Sonangol and Cohydro via Nessergy benefit the DRC is being finalized , a report is to create discord . The daily stresses that well informed of negotiations between Angola and the DRC on a new agreement in the area of common interest people were not surprised by the timing of the last report by Global Witness on Nessergy . The negotiations are in their final phase, the parties are trying to sabotage the agreement that would free up capital and extraordinary value to the future of the DRC in the oil sector.
Also in the oil sector, the Phare reports that the DRC has suspended the adoption by Parliament of a draft law on hydrocarbons controversial to devote more time to the achievement of consulting work . Congolese MPs, donor governments , UNESCO and campaigners , including Global Witness , accused the law does not include any strong measures in the fight against corruption and environmental protection .
Remain on the protection of the environment where the Phare reports that Friday, January 24, 2014 , the General Secretariat for the Environment and Conservation , the Council for Environmental Defense by legality and traceability ( CODELT ), in partnership with the Centre for International Forestry Research ( CIFOR ) organized a workshop on " sharing information / knowledge on REDD + in the DRC ." According to the newspaper , along with other Central African countries , the DRC is committed to coordinating efforts for the conservation and sustainable management of forests.
To promote the development of the DRC, a research center for renewable energies inaugurated Saturday, January 25, 2014 Higher Institute of Applied Technical ( Ista ) to Kinhasa, announces the Phare . The Ista works in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain. According to the newspaper , is to become a provider of solutions and components Infrastructure Electrification of rural areas there was the establishment of the research center .
In addition, three people were killed and another seriously injured in a landslide earth occurred on the night of Saturday, January 25 , in the city of Bukavu (South Kivu ) , Radio Okapi says . According to the mayor of the municipality of Kadutu This disaster is due to the rain that hit the provincial capital of South Kivu. The house where the victims ( a mother and two children ) slept was completely destroyed . Rainwater that have nowhere to dump end up in houses crumbling and dig erosions in this part of Bukavu. Measures demolitions were taken to demolish houses built on hazardous sites.
The same media also informs that the NGO Human Rights based in Bunia Equitas indicates that several species of fish are endangered in Lake Albert . According to the NGO , this river has only seven species of fish quarantine that were previously recorded. Equitas attributed the disappearance of fish in violation of the regulation of fishing in this lake. The closure of the fishery , which officially takes three months from 15 January of each year is not respected. Mathieu me Komanda responsible programs Equitas , accuses the union of fishermen not to comply with these regulations in 1935 .
In the same register, Radio Okapi reports that more than a month after the closure of the fishery in Katanga , the measure is variously applied . In other parts of the province , the closure of the fishery is not well respected , unlike Bukama , informs the local department responsible for fisheries monitoring . Local authorities welcome the intensification of the fight against illegal fishing possible . For the inspector of agriculture , fisheries and livestock land Bukama , respect for the suspension of fishing would be due to changing strategies this year different from those of last year .
The agency DIA (Documentation and Information for Africa) returns to artisanal mining and industrial Walikale . "After the report of the Episcopal Commission for Natural Resources (CERN) on" the impact of mining on the economy and social Walikale "in the province of North Kivu , the agency DIA went to collect the reaction of MP Juvenal Munubo elected Walikale on this subject . While sharing the opinions of the CERN Juvenal Munubo advocates cohabitation between artisanal mining and industrial exploitation if we wants to be realistic . But , with the purpose to limit artisanal mining in favor of the industry .
The same agency reports that officials from various observatories Natural Resources ( ORN ) of the CERN from various dioceses of the DRC , from 20 to 24 January 2014 in Kinshasa, participated in an evaluation workshop and orientation of their different activities.
For Potentiel "Attacks against Nessergy around Cohydro - Sonangol contract : Global Witness is wrong ." According to the daily , the latest report from Global Witness has been used by some opinion to thwart negotiations underway to finalize the signing of new production sharing agreement between Angola and the DRC in the area of mutual interest ( Zic ) . The unfounded attacks and unfounded accusations show that the NGO is wrong and serves as a relay for destabilizing the DRC.
"Oil : Kinshasa runs a big risk ," announces Tempête des tropiques who believes that while the agreement between Sonangol and Cohydro via Nessergy benefit the DRC is being finalized , a report is to create discord . The daily stresses that well informed of negotiations between Angola and the DRC on a new agreement in the area of common interest people were not surprised by the timing of the last report by Global Witness on Nessergy . The negotiations are in their final phase, the parties are trying to sabotage the agreement that would free up capital and extraordinary value to the future of the DRC in the oil sector.
Also in the oil sector, the Phare reports that the DRC has suspended the adoption by Parliament of a draft law on hydrocarbons controversial to devote more time to the achievement of consulting work . Congolese MPs, donor governments , UNESCO and campaigners , including Global Witness , accused the law does not include any strong measures in the fight against corruption and environmental protection .
Remain on the protection of the environment where the Phare reports that Friday, January 24, 2014 , the General Secretariat for the Environment and Conservation , the Council for Environmental Defense by legality and traceability ( CODELT ), in partnership with the Centre for International Forestry Research ( CIFOR ) organized a workshop on " sharing information / knowledge on REDD + in the DRC ." According to the newspaper , along with other Central African countries , the DRC is committed to coordinating efforts for the conservation and sustainable management of forests.
To promote the development of the DRC, a research center for renewable energies inaugurated Saturday, January 25, 2014 Higher Institute of Applied Technical ( Ista ) to Kinhasa, announces the Phare . The Ista works in collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain. According to the newspaper , is to become a provider of solutions and components Infrastructure Electrification of rural areas there was the establishment of the research center .
In addition, three people were killed and another seriously injured in a landslide earth occurred on the night of Saturday, January 25 , in the city of Bukavu (South Kivu ) , Radio Okapi says . According to the mayor of the municipality of Kadutu This disaster is due to the rain that hit the provincial capital of South Kivu. The house where the victims ( a mother and two children ) slept was completely destroyed . Rainwater that have nowhere to dump end up in houses crumbling and dig erosions in this part of Bukavu. Measures demolitions were taken to demolish houses built on hazardous sites.
The same media also informs that the NGO Human Rights based in Bunia Equitas indicates that several species of fish are endangered in Lake Albert . According to the NGO , this river has only seven species of fish quarantine that were previously recorded. Equitas attributed the disappearance of fish in violation of the regulation of fishing in this lake. The closure of the fishery , which officially takes three months from 15 January of each year is not respected. Mathieu me Komanda responsible programs Equitas , accuses the union of fishermen not to comply with these regulations in 1935 .
In the same register, Radio Okapi reports that more than a month after the closure of the fishery in Katanga , the measure is variously applied . In other parts of the province , the closure of the fishery is not well respected , unlike Bukama , informs the local department responsible for fisheries monitoring . Local authorities welcome the intensification of the fight against illegal fishing possible . For the inspector of agriculture , fisheries and livestock land Bukama , respect for the suspension of fishing would be due to changing strategies this year different from those of last year .
The agency DIA (Documentation and Information for Africa) returns to artisanal mining and industrial Walikale . "After the report of the Episcopal Commission for Natural Resources (CERN) on" the impact of mining on the economy and social Walikale "in the province of North Kivu , the agency DIA went to collect the reaction of MP Juvenal Munubo elected Walikale on this subject . While sharing the opinions of the CERN Juvenal Munubo advocates cohabitation between artisanal mining and industrial exploitation if we wants to be realistic . But , with the purpose to limit artisanal mining in favor of the industry .
The same agency reports that officials from various observatories Natural Resources ( ORN ) of the CERN from various dioceses of the DRC , from 20 to 24 January 2014 in Kinshasa, participated in an evaluation workshop and orientation of their different activities.
mercredi 15 janvier 2014
DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Led by its President , Bishop Fridolin Ambongo , Bishop of Bokungu - Ikela , the Episcopal Commission for Natural Resources (CERN - CENCO ) presented yesterday at the inter- center in Kinshasa a study on the economic and social impact of mining Walikale . Some newspapers have published this information.
" The CERN makes public the study on the economic and social impact of mining in Walikale ," reports the Potentiel who gets this question " Who benefits ores Walikale , in the province of North Kivu ? " The newspaper reported that the study had as objective to evaluate the contribution of mining to economic and social development of the area during the period 2008-2012 . According to the secretary of the CERN Muhiya Henri , who presented the study, the paper notes , for nearly 5 years in the Walikale territory, inhabited by more than nine hundred thousand inhabitants, more than 22 870 tonnes of cassiterite were produced and sold at an average price $ 4 / kg to about 77 million U.S. dollars, the amount handled by miners , traders and countertops.
" Scandal mining in Walikale : Everything for politico-military authorities," announces the Phare writes: " The fact is that the living conditions of artisanal miners valued at more than 12,000 remained precarious They wonder how . these minerals can enjoy the craft when they complain about working for political and military authorities who had devoted a particular day production. Monday ... that's the commander X. .. Y. Tuesday . . Wednesday for the leader of the armed group Z. .. Thursday the Minister for M. .. Friday for the landowner ... Saturday for police commander ... and Sunday as multinational.
For its part, Forum des As says " CENCO and CERN decipher the impact of mining on the economy and social Walikale ." In this report of 175 pages , the daily writing experts CENCO and CERN deplore the poor exploitation of mineral resources in Walikale . They clearly indicate that the population of Walikale is the biggest victim and the biggest loser from its ores . It is through ignorance of their rights it subject to the law of the strongest and most cunning in its territory , says the survey.
On another issue , the biweekly Congo Nouveau publishes a reflection entitled " Die artisanal gold in Orientale Province , how to end tax disorders ? " According to the newspaper , artisanal exploitation of natural resources is an activity that employs hundreds of thousands of Congolese - rd . A lawyer at the Court , Mr. Constant Mutamba , looked at the question that is familiar to the Eastern Province where the gold industry in Djugu and Irumu is highly developed . In both territories swarm diggers . The artisanal gold provides important income for many families in this country . But this activity, potentially very lucrative , suffers adequate administrative and legal framework , which discourages private craft and the State and the Province of substantial revenue . In the scientific paper that publishes the biweekly , the author discovered the problems with this type of operation in this part of the republic. These problems are particularly and primarily of a fiscal nature . The author advocates a better tax environment .
" Last chance to correct the deficiencies of the draft Congolese law on hydrocarbons ," writes l'Avenir. According to the daily , the lower house of the DRC, the National Assembly has begun debating the draft hydrocarbon law that has drawn criticism from the campaign managers , members of Congolese and donor governments. Global Witness is thus extremely concerned that this law has deficiencies that would prevent or widespread looting of state assets or oil drilling sites in World Heritage . Speaking of work on the draft law on hydrocarbons , the newspaper reports that the office on Monday suspended the examination from Article 6 continued its work Tuesday afternoon . The Assembly continued its consideration and vote article by article of the bill from Article 7 , bringing any amendments .
Editing of Kinshasa of Dépêches of Brazzaville announces solar plant for South Kivu. According to the newspaper , the provincial government is looking for a site fifty acres to build the book after signing a contract with a Chinese company. The cost of the work amounted to $ 160 million and construction of this solar plant will extend over a period of twelve months , we learn .
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO ) held Tuesday in Kinshasa, a restitution workshop and validation study on the risks of deforestation and forest degradation in the DRC , led by the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) in Belgium and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo , through the joint Research Centre (JRC) , informs the Congolese news Agency (ACP). The main objective of this workshop was to bring together stakeholders , national and international , in a transparent , participatory and representative approach to understanding the evolution of forest cover in the DRC, on the basis identified causes and plausible scenarios to be constructed in consultation .
Erosion heads threaten to engulf the last few days thirty plots in neighborhoods Masikita and Kikwit to Kenge , chief town of the district of Kwango ( Bandundu ) , says Radio Okapi which indicating that the president of the civil society Kenge Richard Kasongo , sounded the alarm Monday, 13 January . He said that the unfinished work of the Roads Office ( OR) are the basis of the rapid advance of these erosions heads.
" The CERN makes public the study on the economic and social impact of mining in Walikale ," reports the Potentiel who gets this question " Who benefits ores Walikale , in the province of North Kivu ? " The newspaper reported that the study had as objective to evaluate the contribution of mining to economic and social development of the area during the period 2008-2012 . According to the secretary of the CERN Muhiya Henri , who presented the study, the paper notes , for nearly 5 years in the Walikale territory, inhabited by more than nine hundred thousand inhabitants, more than 22 870 tonnes of cassiterite were produced and sold at an average price $ 4 / kg to about 77 million U.S. dollars, the amount handled by miners , traders and countertops.
" Scandal mining in Walikale : Everything for politico-military authorities," announces the Phare writes: " The fact is that the living conditions of artisanal miners valued at more than 12,000 remained precarious They wonder how . these minerals can enjoy the craft when they complain about working for political and military authorities who had devoted a particular day production. Monday ... that's the commander X. .. Y. Tuesday . . Wednesday for the leader of the armed group Z. .. Thursday the Minister for M. .. Friday for the landowner ... Saturday for police commander ... and Sunday as multinational.
For its part, Forum des As says " CENCO and CERN decipher the impact of mining on the economy and social Walikale ." In this report of 175 pages , the daily writing experts CENCO and CERN deplore the poor exploitation of mineral resources in Walikale . They clearly indicate that the population of Walikale is the biggest victim and the biggest loser from its ores . It is through ignorance of their rights it subject to the law of the strongest and most cunning in its territory , says the survey.
On another issue , the biweekly Congo Nouveau publishes a reflection entitled " Die artisanal gold in Orientale Province , how to end tax disorders ? " According to the newspaper , artisanal exploitation of natural resources is an activity that employs hundreds of thousands of Congolese - rd . A lawyer at the Court , Mr. Constant Mutamba , looked at the question that is familiar to the Eastern Province where the gold industry in Djugu and Irumu is highly developed . In both territories swarm diggers . The artisanal gold provides important income for many families in this country . But this activity, potentially very lucrative , suffers adequate administrative and legal framework , which discourages private craft and the State and the Province of substantial revenue . In the scientific paper that publishes the biweekly , the author discovered the problems with this type of operation in this part of the republic. These problems are particularly and primarily of a fiscal nature . The author advocates a better tax environment .
" Last chance to correct the deficiencies of the draft Congolese law on hydrocarbons ," writes l'Avenir. According to the daily , the lower house of the DRC, the National Assembly has begun debating the draft hydrocarbon law that has drawn criticism from the campaign managers , members of Congolese and donor governments. Global Witness is thus extremely concerned that this law has deficiencies that would prevent or widespread looting of state assets or oil drilling sites in World Heritage . Speaking of work on the draft law on hydrocarbons , the newspaper reports that the office on Monday suspended the examination from Article 6 continued its work Tuesday afternoon . The Assembly continued its consideration and vote article by article of the bill from Article 7 , bringing any amendments .
Editing of Kinshasa of Dépêches of Brazzaville announces solar plant for South Kivu. According to the newspaper , the provincial government is looking for a site fifty acres to build the book after signing a contract with a Chinese company. The cost of the work amounted to $ 160 million and construction of this solar plant will extend over a period of twelve months , we learn .
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO ) held Tuesday in Kinshasa, a restitution workshop and validation study on the risks of deforestation and forest degradation in the DRC , led by the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) in Belgium and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo , through the joint Research Centre (JRC) , informs the Congolese news Agency (ACP). The main objective of this workshop was to bring together stakeholders , national and international , in a transparent , participatory and representative approach to understanding the evolution of forest cover in the DRC, on the basis identified causes and plausible scenarios to be constructed in consultation .
Erosion heads threaten to engulf the last few days thirty plots in neighborhoods Masikita and Kikwit to Kenge , chief town of the district of Kwango ( Bandundu ) , says Radio Okapi which indicating that the president of the civil society Kenge Richard Kasongo , sounded the alarm Monday, 13 January . He said that the unfinished work of the Roads Office ( OR) are the basis of the rapid advance of these erosions heads.
vendredi 10 janvier 2014
DRC natural resources press review of Friday, January 10, 2014
Contrary to what the program " Echoes of economy " Radio Okapi stated on the lump sum declared in Itie by mining companies , which amounted to 48 million U.S. dollars , the National Coordinator has Itie clarified in this regard. Hundred mining companies twenty-eight DRC delivered to the Initiative Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI ) data revenues from the extractive sector in 2011. These companies have told the Congolese state 948 million U.S. dollars of revenue generated during fiscal 2011, against 773 million U.S. dollars in revenue reported in 2010 , informs the Potentiel . Dumba Mack says it is now up to the Board of Itie analyze the report published on December 31 and decide on the suspension of the DRC, the newspaper says.
" Itie : mining companies reported revenues of USD 948 million in 2011 " titles Congo Nouveau. The tri-weekly general information reports that the Coordinator -RDC Itie recalls that the DRC had been suspended in April 2012 for 12 months of this organization. The 2010 report was not considered valid.
Reporting the same information, Radio Okapi talks the coordinator Itie -RDC , Mack Dumba , who said : "The Itie completed within the time that it had been asked ." Hundred mining twenty-eight companies have delivered data on their incomes in this sector in 2013 , for a total of 948 million U.S. dollars. Mr Dumba , this result could allow the suspension of the DRC to the International EITI is lifted and the country is declared to comply.
On another issue, the Congolese News Agency ( Acp ) quotes the provincial secretary of the Association of loggers Lower Congo said the reforestation of the province must be the case across the world and the Congolese government , through its specialized services , including forest operators exploiting timber in Bas-Congo and rural populations. According to him, the State must use its organizing power to impose draconian legislation that would encourage and promote the culture of reforestation in the area of population in relation to climate change threats. It has proposed that the recovery service afforestation by the State and all-out awareness on climate change issues .
Still on the protection of the environment , the president of the committee for the protection of the breeding fish in Lake Edward to request Kiserera naval force to better protect the area against illegal fishing , reports Radio Okapi. The latter in the past week to take local patrol responsible for safeguarding the biodiversity of the lake. The committee responsible for the protection of fish breeding area includes officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock as well as members of the fishermen. For its part, the local commander of the Naval Force says willing to strengthen the safety of fishermen on Lake Edward but he admits limited resources.
" Itie : mining companies reported revenues of USD 948 million in 2011 " titles Congo Nouveau. The tri-weekly general information reports that the Coordinator -RDC Itie recalls that the DRC had been suspended in April 2012 for 12 months of this organization. The 2010 report was not considered valid.
Reporting the same information, Radio Okapi talks the coordinator Itie -RDC , Mack Dumba , who said : "The Itie completed within the time that it had been asked ." Hundred mining twenty-eight companies have delivered data on their incomes in this sector in 2013 , for a total of 948 million U.S. dollars. Mr Dumba , this result could allow the suspension of the DRC to the International EITI is lifted and the country is declared to comply.
On another issue, the Congolese News Agency ( Acp ) quotes the provincial secretary of the Association of loggers Lower Congo said the reforestation of the province must be the case across the world and the Congolese government , through its specialized services , including forest operators exploiting timber in Bas-Congo and rural populations. According to him, the State must use its organizing power to impose draconian legislation that would encourage and promote the culture of reforestation in the area of population in relation to climate change threats. It has proposed that the recovery service afforestation by the State and all-out awareness on climate change issues .
Still on the protection of the environment , the president of the committee for the protection of the breeding fish in Lake Edward to request Kiserera naval force to better protect the area against illegal fishing , reports Radio Okapi. The latter in the past week to take local patrol responsible for safeguarding the biodiversity of the lake. The committee responsible for the protection of fish breeding area includes officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock as well as members of the fishermen. For its part, the local commander of the Naval Force says willing to strengthen the safety of fishermen on Lake Edward but he admits limited resources.
mercredi 8 janvier 2014
DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Katanga has produced 980,000 tonnes of copper cathode (copper industrially refined crude ) in 2013 , against 18,000 in 2007, Radio Okapi announces that emphasizes the provincial governor , Moses Katumbi announced Saturday, Jan. 4 press when visiting the work of the Lualaba bridge, 20 km from Kolwezi. Moses Katumbi believes that this increase is due to the measure banning Since 2007, the export of this mineral in the raw state . The governor of Katanga added that various mining companies in the province produced more copper cathode as General quarries and mines ( Gécamines ) .
In his program " Echoes of economy," Radio Okapi reports that the Initiative Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI ) / DRC has received reports on revenues of almost all mining companies . The reported total sum amounted to $ 48 million . DRC therefore hopes to lift its suspension of the EITI.
Picking up a magazine article " The Africas" , the Manchette speaks of " sulfur litigation Congo- Angola on the Atlantic" and writes: " On 11 May 2009 , the DRC filed a motion on the delimitation of maritime borders to the United Nations , by informing the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf that the continental shelf of the Congolese coast is subject to a de facto occupation of Angola . " The newspaper wanted to understand the below to a different geostrategic ramifications that threaten the interests of several major oil companies and bankers.
The Mining Company Kilo- Moto ( Sokimo Sarl ) has received the support of parliamentarians Ituri and Watsa for recovery activities , "announces Nouveau Congo indicating that Sunday, January 5, 2014 in Kinshasa , management General for Sokimo , led by its managing director, Michel Mabaka Mbumba had answered the call of national deputies and senators of Ituri and Watsa to discuss the future of their beloved company " Sokimo " .
In his program " Echoes of economy," Radio Okapi reports that the Initiative Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI ) / DRC has received reports on revenues of almost all mining companies . The reported total sum amounted to $ 48 million . DRC therefore hopes to lift its suspension of the EITI.
Picking up a magazine article " The Africas" , the Manchette speaks of " sulfur litigation Congo- Angola on the Atlantic" and writes: " On 11 May 2009 , the DRC filed a motion on the delimitation of maritime borders to the United Nations , by informing the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf that the continental shelf of the Congolese coast is subject to a de facto occupation of Angola . " The newspaper wanted to understand the below to a different geostrategic ramifications that threaten the interests of several major oil companies and bankers.
The Mining Company Kilo- Moto ( Sokimo Sarl ) has received the support of parliamentarians Ituri and Watsa for recovery activities , "announces Nouveau Congo indicating that Sunday, January 5, 2014 in Kinshasa , management General for Sokimo , led by its managing director, Michel Mabaka Mbumba had answered the call of national deputies and senators of Ituri and Watsa to discuss the future of their beloved company " Sokimo " .
mardi 7 janvier 2014
DRC natural resources press review of Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Gold Society Kivu - Maniema ( Sakima ) revived the activities of mining in Kalima , city located 101 km from the town of Kindu ( Maniema ) after 17 years of inactivity. On the ground, about 22 tons of cassiterite enfûtées are ready for export, listing Radio Okapi.
The open pit Namoya , the second gold mine company Banro Corporation located on the gold belt Twangiza - Namoya , produced its first gold at December 30, 2013 , informs the Agency Ecofin which tells that on December 31 , the Canadian company reported production of 320 ounces, while the construction of the plant at the mine will accelerate to its start in the first quarter of 2014 and commercial production before the end of the second quarter. According to John Clarke , President and CEO , this is a milestone for the company and a major success for DR Congo who presents himself as a country where we can find , fund and build successful new mines gold. Namoya is in DR Congo , the second mine the company to go into production and will allow Banro Corp from an annual production of 100,000 to over 225,000 ounces of gold.
The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC ) are charged to the poaching of elephants, in complicity with traditional leaders in Malemba Nkulu , over 700 km from Lubumbashi in Katanga, Radio Okapi says . The provincial director of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN ) in Katanga, Mbayo Lukasa , denounced , Saturday, Jan. 4 . Mbayo Lukasa opposes the idea to kill these pachyderms to recover ivory in favor of Treasury and wishes rather than Malembankulu administrator , supervisor ICCN and the NRA to go on site a report.
" Capital flight , the DRC among the ten most affected African countries," reports the edition of Kinshasa of Dépêches de Brazzaville notes : " The country is ranked at the 10th position among the fifty most affected by the phenomenon , and the 52nd World position with average annual leakage estimated at 1.5 billion U.S. dollars , according to the report of the American NGO global Financial Integrity released in December 2013.
The open pit Namoya , the second gold mine company Banro Corporation located on the gold belt Twangiza - Namoya , produced its first gold at December 30, 2013 , informs the Agency Ecofin which tells that on December 31 , the Canadian company reported production of 320 ounces, while the construction of the plant at the mine will accelerate to its start in the first quarter of 2014 and commercial production before the end of the second quarter. According to John Clarke , President and CEO , this is a milestone for the company and a major success for DR Congo who presents himself as a country where we can find , fund and build successful new mines gold. Namoya is in DR Congo , the second mine the company to go into production and will allow Banro Corp from an annual production of 100,000 to over 225,000 ounces of gold.
The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC ) are charged to the poaching of elephants, in complicity with traditional leaders in Malemba Nkulu , over 700 km from Lubumbashi in Katanga, Radio Okapi says . The provincial director of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN ) in Katanga, Mbayo Lukasa , denounced , Saturday, Jan. 4 . Mbayo Lukasa opposes the idea to kill these pachyderms to recover ivory in favor of Treasury and wishes rather than Malembankulu administrator , supervisor ICCN and the NRA to go on site a report.
" Capital flight , the DRC among the ten most affected African countries," reports the edition of Kinshasa of Dépêches de Brazzaville notes : " The country is ranked at the 10th position among the fifty most affected by the phenomenon , and the 52nd World position with average annual leakage estimated at 1.5 billion U.S. dollars , according to the report of the American NGO global Financial Integrity released in December 2013.
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